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See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Will React”, “brittle”, “Your Burden”, “Under Our Own Feet”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Understand the Power”, “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, and “Kiribati” from the v178 issue of the Down in the Dirt magazine 12/20 book “Spartacus” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Everyone Will React”, “brittle”, “Your Burden”, “Under Our Own Feet”, “Quiet as a Painting”, “Until all the Pieces Connect”, “Understand the Power”, “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, and “Kiribati” from the v178 issue of the Down in the Dirt magazine 12/20 book “Spartacus” 12/2/20, during the usual time for Austin’s “Community Poetry” open mic (this video was filmed and streamed with a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers

See the YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Key to a Storyline” (written 12/21, on and for National Short Story Day), “Overturn the Futility” (written 12/22, on and for the 1849 date Fyodor Dostoyevsky was supposed to be killed for crimes against the Czar), “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky” (written 12/23, on and for the 583 date the Maya queen Yohl Ik’nal is crowned ruler of Palenque), “Usual Conquest Style” (written 12/24, on and for the 1777 date that Kiritimati, AKA Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook), “Exploit the Island” (written 12/25, on and for the 1643 date that Christmas Island was discovered), “Lost Cross” (for Christmas), and “Dilemmas in Gift Giving” (for Christmas) from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/23/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera; posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a Facebook live video stream of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Key to a Storyline”, “Overturn the Futility”, “Vaulted to Silhouette the Sky”, “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, “Lost Cross”, and “Dilemmas in Gift Giving” from the Janet Kuypers poetry book “Every Event of the Year (Volume Two: July-December)” for The Café Gallery 12/23/20 Book Reading in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed and streamed from a Samsung S9 camera). #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, and “Kiribati” from the v178 “Spartacus” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” from Scars Publications for “The Café Gallery 2/17/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

See a YouTube video of Janet Kuypers reading her poems “Usual Conquest Style”, “Exploit the Island”, and “Kiribati” from the v178 “Spartacus” installment of the Down in the Dirt issue collection book “Late Frost” from Scars Publications for “The Café Gallery 2/17/21 Book Reading” in The Café Gallery Book Reading series. (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix T56 camera, and posted on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr).  #janetkuypers   #janetkuyperspoetry   #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuypersthecafegallery

Usual Conquest Style Janet Kuypers 12/24/19, the 1777 date that Kiritimati, AKA Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook There are many stories, rumors even about where Christmas came from whether it sprouts from lore or myth will continue to confound cultures information even circulates about Christmas Island, where it is, and what of its meaning which is where the world continues to confuse, because today, on Christmas Eve, British explorer James Cook discovered Christmas Island — now, this is the Polynesian Island, possibly once a stopping post for ships traveling across the Pacific in the early eighteen hundreds, until trading died down, and this raised coral atoll was abandoned even though the Republic of Kiribati, a nation in the Pacific Ocean, called this island a respelling of the Latin script for Christmas. Per our usual conquest style, both Britain and America claimed this island, though we didn’t do much with it — that is, until we realized this was a good point for munitions discovered by World War One, and especially in World War Two, but the real payload for Western countries came in nineteen fifty-seven when Britain and the United States could both test nuclear warfare — because, the first thing we think of when it comes to an island named for something we’re supposed to care about, something about giving and loving one another, is to use this small island to plot our own final solution to the human “problem” so, this twice-abandoned Christmas Island was eventually almost decimated you know, thanks to western “expansion” and although the population is growing again, it is still only less than ten thousand despite it’s now protected status, all while suffering along the Equator in a surprisingly “dry” zone, making fresh water a rarity unless during el Niño seasons,        which is probably not what you pictured for “Christmas Island” — but then again, it doesn’t matter the season, or the holiday, when it comes to Western Civilization’s penchant for destruction and annihilation those feelings don’t need a season, for it seems some will always find a reason

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